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F. M. VENZIE BUILDING STRUCTURE .Filed Sept. 5, 1929 May 27,1930.

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is f ATTORNEY A Patented May 27, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT orales FREDERICK M. VENZIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING STRUCTURE Application filed September 5, 1929. Serial No. 390,463.

Ater stated in which plaster boards are employed below said cup-shaped tiles and are interlocked with respect thereto by means of Wire clips.

@ther and further objects of the present inventionreside in the provision of general details of construction and in the arrangement and construction of parts for attaining the results sought by the foregoing objects.

The invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

v The nature, characteristic features andv scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description talY- en in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a top sectional view of a ceiling structure embodying the invention.

Fig. 2, is a view taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and viewed from the rear of Fig. 1. v Fig. 3,v is a view in section taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, is a view in section taken upon the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5, is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section illustrating a modified form of horizontal tile structure.

Fig. 6, is a similar view illustrating a fun ther modified form of tile structure.

Fig. 7, is a similar view illustrating a still further modified form'of tile structure.

Fig. 8, is a top or plan view of one of the hollow tiles disclosed in Fig. 7

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings several forms thereof which arel at present preferred by me, since the same have been v found in practice to give satisfactory and '.1 reliable results, although it is to be underceiling com stood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentali, ties as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings in jdetail, the reference numeral 10 designates a metal I- beam. In practice a number of these beams are spaced apart, although but one is shown in the drawings. Between adjacent beams I arrange horizontally disposed plaster' boards 11 of conventional type. These plaster boards have their meeting edges coupled together by means of metal'clips 12, see Fig.` 2, of the i type shown in my co-pending application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 'if$.?v,894, filed May i7, i929. y 4

' Invaddition to these clips I tie the plaster boards together upon opposite sides of said clips 12 by means of wires 13. Upon the plaster boards 11 thus arranged I position a plurality of inverted, substantially cupshaped tiles 14 spaced apart as best seen inv Fig.v 2. In practice these tiles are preferably made of concrete and in cross-section are of rectangular configuration. The top of 'each tile is apertured and also is countersunk at 15. Eachplaster lboard 11`is apertured in alignment with' the apertured and countersunk portion of a tile and a tie-red 16A of the. typesh'own in my co-pending application for Letters Patent Serial No. 326,453, liled December 17, 1928, is introduced ina vertical manner through said apertures for anchoring a tile with respect to a plaster board.l A cementitious lill 17 is then introduced'upon said plaster boards 11 and around said tiles 14 flushwith the tops thereof. `The said fill 17 may have reinforcing rods 19 arranged therein between adjacent tiles, ,A suitable positionvlSis now applied tothe underside of thevplaster boards.v f

Referring now to Fig. 5, the tiles there shown' and designated 20 areof-metal and each tile is flanged at'21.' The flanges are apertured in alignment with apertures 22 inv the\`plaster'boards 11 and tie rods23 intro ducedthrough the apertures in said flanges and plaster boards for securing the tiles20,

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with respect to the plaster boards. Where tie'rods are closely associated the freeends of adjacent tie rods may be twisted together as at 24.V g Y Referring Vnow to the form of structure Vshown in Fig. 6, the inverted'cup-liketiles are two-part andare each provided With a removable cover 26. The parts 25 and 26 are secured with respect to the plaster boards 1l by means of tie rods 16. Y

Referring now to the structure shownin Fig.V 7, the invert-ed cup-shapedy tile 27 is interiorly provided With Walls or partitions 28 for strengthening purposes. VTie rods 16V penetrate apertures 29 in the top Wall of tile which apertures are Varranged upon opposite sides of a partition as may be best seen in Fig. 8. The ends of these tie V,rods .are

Y. twisted together at SO.

Vhat I claim is:

l. In a buildingV construction of the character stated, spaced beams, plaster-.boards arranged between said beams, a plurality of invertedv substantially cup-,shaped tiles yar-V ranged upon the upper surface of saidV plas- .ter-boards, verticallydispos'ed tie-rods for securing a tile with respect to a plaster-board, clips for securing adjacent plaster-boards t0- Vgetherat their sides, and a fillV of cementitangular cross-section arranged upon the upper surface of said plaster-boards,v verti-v cally disposed tie-rods for securing a tile with Y respect to a plasterboard, clips for securing adjacent 'plaster-boards, together at their sides, and a fill of cementitious material above the plaster-boards and around said tiles.V

3. vIn a. building construction of the character stated, spaced beams, plaster-boards and a lill of cementitious material above the plaster-boards and around said tiles.

5. In abuilding construction of the character stated, spaced beams, plaster-boards arranged between said beams, a plurality of in*- verted substantially cup-shaped tiles arranged upon the upper surfaceof said plaster-boards, vertically disposed tie-rods vfor securing a tile with respect'to a plaster-board,

clips for securing adjacent plaster-boards to-y gether atk their sides,.a till ofjcementitious material above the plaster-boards and around said tiles, and means for reinforcingV said tiles interiorly by means4 of ribs.l Y

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my naine.

FREDERICK M.v

arranged between said beams, a plurality of.. i

inverted substantially cup-shaped -tiles arranged upon thev upper surface of saidfplas- I ter-boards, vertically VVdisposed tie-'rodsfpassingthrough apertures' in the tile tops .and

Vapertures in the plaster-boards, for securing j a tile With'respect to a plaster board, clipsV f for securing adjacent plaster-boards together at'their sides, and a fill yof cementitious material Vabovethe plaster-boards and' around said tiles. j n .4- .In 'a building Y ,ranged between said beams,fa plurality of'inverted substantially cup-shaped tiles A ar-Y "ranged upon the upper surface ofsaid plasterbo'ards,lvertically disposed tie-rods for secur ing Va'trilewvvith yrespect to a plasterboard,

' clipsfor securin-gadj acentplasterfboards togetheratjtheir sides, tie rodsffor securing together adj acentends ofsaid plaster-boards,

Y construction of thel'char.- acter stated, spaced beams, plaster-boards ar-v Y 

